I saw Justin's post today to his blog titled http://www.orablogs.com/otn/archives/001597.html - (broken link) Default Passwords are Evil and could not agree more. The latest Oracle worm takes advantage of the fact that Oracle has so many default users with known default passwords. These are a major problem for all Oracle databases, there are just so many to miss.
Justin lets us know that Arup is going to write a series of papers on how to secure Oracle to be published soon on OTN. This should be a great series. I have been a fan of Arups writing since he wrote the HIPAA book. I also read hos 10gR2 new features series of papers and also I just bought his recent new PL/SQL for the DBA book which includes some excellent sections on Oracle security.
In the meantime anyone wanting to check if they have any vulnerable default users with known default passwords should head over to my Oracle Default Password List and then my tool for checking - Oracle Default Password Auditing Tool.
I am really looking forwards to Arups papers.
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This is the weblog for Pete Finnigan. Pete works in the area of Oracle security and he specialises in auditing Oracle databases for security issues. This weblog is aimed squarely at those interested in the security of their Oracle databases.
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- Niall has a good post - DBA as User - 01/05/2006 by 01/05/2006
- up front security - 01/06/2006 by 01/06/2006
- A tiny digital camera - 01/07/2006 by 01/07/2006
- Oracle 'Worm' Exploit Gets Ominous Tweak - 01/08/2006 by 01/08/2006
- Justin talks about a new series of papers on Oracle security by Arup - 01/09/2006 by 01/09/2006
- Howard has some good advice on protecting against worms - 01/10/2006 by 01/10/2006
- Doug has posted an intersting note about executing of SQL script from URL's - 01/12/2006 by 01/12/2006
- Oracle is finally listening to customers about fix times and security patch quality - 01/14/2006 by 01/14/2006
- Interview with Oracle's security chief - 01/16/2006 by 01/16/2006
- Red Database Security has released 5 Oracle security bug advisories - 01/17/2006 by 01/17/2006
- Alex has added advisories for 23 security bugs fixed in 10g Release1 - 01/19/2006 by 01/19/2006
- Alex has produced a detailed analysis of the Jan 2006 CPU - 01/22/2006 by 01/22/2006
- Duncan Harris speaks on Oracle Security - 01/24/2006 by 01/24/2006
- Oracle is advising customers to patch the last CPU very quickly - 01/25/2006 by 01/25/2006
- An argument rages in the ePress between Oracle and Litchfield - 01/27/2006 by 01/27/2006
- Gartner: Oracle no longer a bastion of security - 01/30/2006 by 01/30/2006
- How to connect to the database using Perl - with two way communication - 01/31/2006 by 01/31/2006
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